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The IDF Civil Administration early Wednesday morning 20 Menachem Av destroyed a number of illegal Bedouin structures in Um el-Chir near the Jewish community of Carmel in the S. Hebron Hills. One of the buildings that was destroyed was razed by the Civil Administration in the past and rebuilt.

Inspectors announced they plan to uproot trees as well, trees planted illegally by the Bedouins on state land.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: S. Hebron Hills spokesman via Media Resource Group)